tinselly

[ tin-suh-lee ]

/ ˈtɪn sə li /

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adjective

decorated with or abounding in tinsel.

cheap and gaudy.

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Nearby words

tinning, tinnitus, tinny, tinpot, tinsel, tinselly, tinselry, tinseltown, tinsmith, tinstone, tint

Origin of tinselly

First recorded in 1805–15; tinsel + -y¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for tinselly

The place was so tinselly and common that, coming to it from weeks of rough travelling, it made me impatient.
Greenmantle|John Buchan